Valentine’s Day 2019
We interrupt the current Episode with a Valentine comic! A bit late I know! Excuse their Episode 1 outfits/hairstyles, I consider those their “default” outfits/hair… aaand if I’m not in the mood or don’t have the time to come up with new outfits/hairstyles.
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Transcript
Myan: Valentine's Day troubles?
Myan: The Love Master is here to help!
Myan: Wha? Me as your Valentine?
Myan: Nyahaha~! I'm flattered!! But I only like big cats, sorry!
Myan: Here's my top tip for guys!
Tammy: Your cat's giving love advice now?
Keith: Just go with it
Myan: Approach a woman from behind...
Tammy: Ooh, gimme a backrub while you're at it!
Myan: ...then push her down, bite her neck and have your way with her!
Tammy: w-what're you gonna do to me?!!
Keith: NOTHING!
Myan: Dad said all of my advice are illegal, whatever that means! So here's Kuya Cruz with some pick-up lines, whatever those are!
Cruz: hmph!
Cruz: I'll be the valet to your nine!
Myan: I have no idea what you just said, but I'm angry for some reason!
Cruz: Are you a cat? Cause you're purrfect!
[Myan learned about hate that day...]
Myan: Hibi you're the oldest out of all of us, got any advice?
Hibi-Hibi: Oh my, I don't know anything about romance!
Myan: No way! I bet You've got a ton of mates, and children, and grandchildren by now!
Hibi-Hibi: GOODNESS, NO!!
Myan: ...
Hibi-Hibi: [blush]
Myan: Well, I have some advice for you...
How do you quantify embarrassment? Is there a linear relationship between face width and blush size? What information do I gain from knowing that the blush is four times wider than Hibi’s face?
For visibility… and cuteness! Actually, most manga and anime visual tropes will have those two as the reasons, especially visibility.
Well, extrapolating a line from two data points (do not try at home, kids) we get a crossover point in the blush-width to face-width ratio at about 15 cm, which allows me to draw the conclusion that giants must have really small blushes (proportionally).
Not to sound perverted, but is Hibi-Hibi a virgin? Or perhaps she doesn’t have the necessary equipment? (After all, why would an immortal being even need to procreate? Can you imagine how overpopulated the Earth would be if immortals had children, grandchildren, etc.?)
Haha who knows?
“After all, why would an immortal being even need to procreate?”
Being killed by other things, like disease or murder I suppose. Not even sure if I’m ever gonna touch on those things in Cat Nine, but I imagine making children is a big decision for really long-lived or immortal beings. They can of course make children with humans, but they won’t live that long compared to their longer-lived parent.
If disease is a potentially fatal issue, then she’s not really an immortal. (Disease is everywhere; unavoidable to anything without a literally perfect immune system.)
If she can be killed by violent actions, she’s more like an Elf from Lord of the Rings. They’re immune to all disease, but can be killed in combat.
So, she apparently “has the equipment,” but chooses to not use it, for whatever reason.
Well then, I suppose “eternal youth” is more fitting then!
And poor Hibi’s “equipment” being discussed haha
Even if she would be truly immortal (and not just immune to death by old age) the Earth would be fine as long as she didn’t procreate too often. Most humans don’t have as many children as physically capable either (that would be, like, about one pair of twins every year since 15 to 40).
Note that another issue is her finding a suitable mate. What species she is anyway?
The question then becomes, “How many is too many?”
I see your point, and LLW replied that if she had children by human fathers, they wouldn’t be immortals. However, what if they had lifespans of, I dunno, 500 years, and weren’t so abstinent? I know of families where a Mom and Dad have 10+ children. (fairly common in denominations against birth-control)
Here in the US, it wasn’t long ago that every farm family had 10+ children, to keep the farm running smoothly.
So, even if Hibi-Hibi had one child in an agrarian society, overpopulation could become an issue within a few generations.
https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1aozn1/how_much_land_does_it_take_to_support_one_human/
So… about 0.07 to 0.25 hectares per person. With some nature/growing magic, maybe less, who knows.
If the half-humans live as long as that, they’ll probably put a limit on offspring like if they’re immortal/eternally young. Mortality’s one of the big reasons that families had lots of children in the past (or currently in dangerous/disease-ridden countries) after all.
Hah, that’s why they say that if we somehow figure out immortality, the rich people who either: get it first, or they’re the only ones who can achieve it, will now start worrying about the environment and long-term sustainability.
Diwata remember? Basically an elf or nature spirit